Vamana Purana — Slaying of Raktabija, Shloka 65
The Slaying of Raktabīja and Niśumbha–Śumbha; the Manifestation of the Mātṛkās and the Devas’ Hymn
इमां स्तुतिं भक्तिपरा नरोत्तमा भवद्भिरुक्तामनुकीर्त्तयन्ति दुःस्वप्ननाशो भविता न संशयो वरस्तथान्यो व्रियतामभीप्सितः
imāṃ stutiṃ bhaktiparā narottamā bhavadbhiruktāmanukīrttayanti duḥsvapnanāśo bhavitā na saṃśayo varastathānyo vriyatāmabhīpsitaḥ
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FAQs
Duḥsvapna is treated as a marker of aśubha (inauspiciousness) and psychological/spiritual disturbance. Promising its removal frames the hymn as apotropaic—protective in daily life—linking devotion, ritual speech, and well-being.
Although the immediate audience includes devas/ṛṣis, the wording broadens the scope to exemplary human devotees as future reciters. Purāṇic phalaśrutis commonly universalize the benefit beyond the original scene.
It indicates an open-ended varadāna: beyond the specific fruit (duḥsvapna-nāśa), the devotee may request an additional desired boon, consistent with the Goddess’s role as a responsive grantor to sincere bhakti and stuti.